Experience Level: 3+ Years
Role Type: Individual Contributor
Location: Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad

Position Summary
We are looking for a Flash / SSD Firmware Validation Engineer with strong experience in NAND Flash,
SSD/Storage systems, Firmware Validation, and Test Automation. The ideal candidate has hands-on
experience validating firmware for Flash-based storage devices/controllers, with a positive understanding of the Flash Translation Layer (FTL), NAND Flash management, storage system architecture, and firmware behavior. The candidate should be comfortable developing and executing validation tests using C and Python, creating detailed test plans, automating test scenarios, analyzing failures, and working closely with firmware/hardware teams to identify root causes. Candidates with relevant experience at NAND Flash / SSD / semiconductor organizations such as Samsung, Micron, or SanDisk/Western Digital are particularly relevant.

Key Responsibilities
•Validate firmware functionality for Flash/SSD storage controllers and systems, covering functional,
negative, stress, endurance,



and corner-case scenarios across NAND configurations and capacities.
•Validate Flash Translation Layer (FTL) functionality including logical-to-physical address mapping,
garbage collection, wear leveling, bad-block management, read/write management, data integrity,
error handling/recovery, and power-loss/recovery scenarios.
•Analyze NAND-related failures and correlate firmware behavior with NAND/device-level behavior;
validate firmware across different NAND conditions and failure scenarios.
•Validate storage systems involving PCIe/NVMe and associated firmware/software stacks, including
host-to-controller interactions, workloads, queue depths, power states, and error conditions.
•Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and validation reports; run functional and regression testing
for new firmware releases.
•Develop C/Python-based validation tools and automated regression suites; parse logs, c

📌 Flash / SSD Firmware Validation Engineer (Pune)
🏢 Iravan Technologies
📍 Pune